Shirley Hills Primary School

Located at 2450 WILSHIRE BLVD, in MOUND, Minnesota, Shirley Hills Primary School is a reasonably sized K-5 school that enrolls 447 students (grades K through 4), run under Westonka Public School District. Compared to the state average of about 344 students per school, that is 30% bigger than typical.

Westonka Public School District runs 6 schools in total, collectively educating 2,442 students. Shirley Hills Primary School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Shirley Hills Primary School shows that nearly all students (85%) are White. Beyond that, the school records 6% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 2% Black. By comparison, Hennepin County as a whole is about 66% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.2:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 20% of students at Shirley Hills Primary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Hennepin County runs at roughly 43%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Shirley Hills Primary School is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 54.1%; this one delivers 84.0%, a residual of +29.8 points.

Zooming out to the county, Hennepin County reports that median household income runs about $97,653, roughly 54% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Hennepin County runs 496 public schools (combined enrollment of about 177,509 students), of which Shirley Hills Primary School is one.

Grandview Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Shirley Hills Primary School comes 2nd of 6 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 70.7%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 8%: 414 students in 2018 compared to 447 in 2025.

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